[:en]INTRODUCTION:
Ecclesiastes weas weritten by King Solomon. in this book, he wanted to answer the question: “Is life worth living?”. He considered wisdom, pleasures, work, power, riches, religion and others can have lastiing value only if God is at the center of man’s life. Apart from God, life is indeed vanity.
Solomon advised us to enjoy life now and be grateful to God’s gift. He urged believers to have a joyful outlook of life by accepting God’s gift to enjoy and employ for His glory.
EVERYTHING IS MEANINGLESS:
Solomon was convinced that life is meaningless. Nature is functioning as it has since the creation (vs. 1-8), History is only repeating itself (vs. 9-11)
WISDOM IS MEANINGLESS:
Solomon found out that wisdom and experience cannot explain the mysteries of life or solve life’s problem (vs. 12., 18). On the contrary, knowledge can increase sorrow if God is being left out. To make life meaningful, one must have reverence and respect for God. Without God, everything is meaningless.
“For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief” (v. 18)[:]